Sheet-carrier for printing-presses.



A. L. PBNO.

SHEET CARRIER r03 PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLI'OA T FILED JAN. 10, 1912. v

Patented July 2, 1912.

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, UNITED STA'lESPdZlTENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER L, PENO, or cmciioo, rumors. 1 exam-chums. non PRINTINGJRESSE 1,031,465.. pecification of letters P I Patented July 2, 1912. Application flied Januarym, 1 12. Serial No. 670,431.

- To all whom it may concern: at 10. The fly of the r'iixting press is gen-. Be it known that I, ALIEXANDERL'. vPinto, erally designated bytlie numeral 11. This a citizen of the United States, and resident lfly com ri'sesan oscillatable baror shaft '12 i of Chicago, county of Cook, and State .of and a uraiity of d stiqks'13 arranged at 60 5 'Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useinterva 8' along the liar 12 and projecti-n ful Improvements in Sheet CarI-iers for laterallytherefrolm The b'ar 12 is equippe Printing-Presses, of which th followi-n is with tr'unnions, as 14, at its. opposite ends. a specification, and which areillustratef 111' The e trunnions are journaled in the side the accompanying drawings, forming a part" frame members, as 10, of the press. The fly 65 thereof. p i 1s, oscillated .by a crank 15app1icd to the The invention'relates-to printing presse trunniun 14-..,' i and more specifically to the device employe .l he invention provides a plurality of for transferring sheets, commonly known-a prlng cli 's, as 16, 17, 31 and 32 adapted to he fly, p be 'applie to,the sticks 13. Each of 15' AS ordinarily used'the fly of a: printing these clips has latera 1y pro'ect-ing arms 18, press comprises a plurality of strips arlfhf or bridging the space between the fly ranged at intervals along an oscillating. bar Sti ks and providing a slip 0f f r h Sheets pr shaft to which they are attached atlone laid upon the fly. The clips as 16, 17, 31

end only. In the use of this device the and 32. are preferably form d b folding e 20 sheets are held against the st-rips'by' the; sheet metal lank f h form s ownat 20,

1' pressure of the air against the sheet as it is 1 1% 4:- p moved. In some instances, as when the he blank 20 is illustrated asbeing pi'o sheets are of thin paper, this pressure of vrded with .a "plurality of pairs of", lateral I j the air depresses. the sheet betweenthe'stri s. wings 21, 22 and 23, 24. In the formation 25 or sticks, thereby interfering with the of the clips these wings are inward] folded posit of the sheets upon a pile while the end and the intermediate porti n 2 fi i blank portions of; the sheets are sometimes deflexed in the mamierhllustratedinjFi'giii of flected completely'throu h the fiy and prethe drawings. The arms 18, 1190f thoclipvent the separation of t e sheet therefrom, are preferably formed-upon the; blank 20 30 The object of the invention-ism improve intermediate the pairso'f wings 21, 22 atnd the construction oi the flyof a printing 2 24- presswherebysheets of any character are As thu ons ru d the iP caused to rest smoothly against the flydiin; applied to an one of he ps or stic s 18 v ing its movement. 0

B5 The invention contemplates a clip of s nally over the end of thesticlg the wingscial construction ada ted .to be removagly- .21, 22 and 23, 24 servin to embrace and. v

applied to the .fly .sticfis of a; printing press frictionally grip the stic to prevent dis-- for bridging the space between the sticks lodgment of the clip thereon; When thus whereby .a continuous support is'provided applied .the wings 18, 19 extend laterally in l0 for the sheet. opposite directions toward the adjacent A detail o-f't-he invention provides a' stop sticks and provide a support for that art of for engaging the edge of the sheet tojdeterthe sheet which rests between the stic (s. In

. mine its position'upon the fly.- event the spacebetween adjacent sticks 13 the fly 11 y passing the clip Iongitudi-Qo In the accompanying drawings ;'Figure of the fly 11'. is not available for receiving.

= 1 is a perspective view illustrat ng a dethit one oi the arms, as the arms 18 of the clipsof-a printing press and show-mg the fly 31;? d 32 as b} the resence 01' one of the equipped-zwith devices constructed .in acdelivery tapes 26 of e printing press,-the cordanoe with the invention; Fig,. 2 is an arni 18 maybe bent downwardly to occupy a .inverte'd plan view of-one of the devices pro-J position parallel with the wings 21, 23 or 0 videdby the invention; Fig. '3 isa'sectional' .24 2 y A viewgof the same taken on the line 33 of Preferably the intermediate portion 25 of Fig. 1,,and Fip. 4 is alplan view showin a I the blank, 20 is'extended at one end beyond sheet metal b ankbfromi which. the device the adjacent pair of win s, as 23, 24 to proillustrated in Figsj2 and-3 may be formed: vide a tongue 27. If g 5 A detail of one of the side frame) members maybe bent upwardly, as illustrated upon of a printingjpress is shown in the drawings the clips 17-. and 32 shown in Fig. 1 to proesired this tongue 1.10

' instanding barbs 7 30 for this purpose intermediate portion .between'the sticks of the vide a stop for engaging sheet.

more secure hold upon. it is applied. As shown, barbs 28, 29 -and and upon the wings 21, 22, 23 and .Zt'of the clip by indenting the material Of-tllfi clipat these places witha punch.

In practice a plurality of clips of the" by the invention willbe emform provided ployed upon the fly of a printing press.

Usually a small number ,of devices will be I 'suiiicient to" insure a support i'or thesheet such as willprevent it from beingdepressed fly. Fig. 1 of the. drawings shows tour of to the fly 11, two upon sticks '13. In event the sticks 13 to which the devices'are applied are those which endevices may 7 of the clips 17 and gage the sheet adjacent its ends, this number will ordinarily be suflicientto serve the without these stops sheets ofthis-character are frequently displaced upon the fly during its movement.

I claim as my invention- 1. A spring clip adapted to be applied to a fly stick of a sheet delivery mechanism and comprising in combination, a pair of oppositely bowed elastic arms for embrac- 1n and gripping the fly stick, and a laterall y extending sheet supporting arm for bridging the space at one side of the .stick, all of said arms being'formed from an integral blank. of sheet'metal.

2. A sheet carrier adapted to be applied to a fly stick of a sheet delivery mechanism and comprising in combination, a body, gripping arms for engaging ate fl stick, a p Lil of oppositely directed latera ly projecting sheet supporting arms and a longitudinallydirected flexible tongue, all of said. arms and said tongue'being carried by the said body.

3. In-combination with a sheet delivery fly, a flexible tongue extending-longitudinally with respect-to the fly and secured thereto adjacent one of its ends, the said tongue being adaptedby reason of its -flexi-- bility to be bent into positions in which it the edge of the 1 lies flat against In some instances,=it may be desirl able to provide the parts of theclip with" for enabling it to take a:

the stick 13 to which;

;to a flystick of are provided upon theagainst the face sheet, respectively,

embracingand gripping the fly stick formed the devices applied" each of two'of the be located in various positions of the sheet respectively,

' one side of the .fly stick the an of'the fly and in .Which'it projects upwardly frbmthe. said ia'be of the-fly to serve as a stop for the edge of azsheet, respectively.

a sheet delivery mechanism and comprising,

4. A sheet carrle'r adapted to be applied 'inicombination, a longitudinaillydirected flexible sheet metal tongue adaptedby reason of its flexibility to. be'

bent .into positidns in which it lies flat of the .fly and in which it projects upwardly from the said face of the fly toserve as a stop for the edge of a. and arms for elastically integraiwith the said tongue. adjacentione of its ends. 3 x 5. A spring clip adapted to be applied andfcomprising, in' combination, a pair of oppositelybowed elastic arms for embracing and gripping the fly positely directed laterally extending sheet supporting the two sides of the fly stick, all of said arms being formed from anintegral blank of sheet metal.

' stick and a pair of op to a fly stick of' a sheet'delivery mechanism arms for bridging the space .at

'6. A spring. clip adapted to be applied to a fly stick of a sheet delivery mechanism and comprising,-in combination, a pair of oppositely-bowed elastic arms for embracing and gripping the fly stick, a' pair of oppositely directed laterally J sheet supporting .tongue adapted by reason of its extending" arms] for bridging the space at the two sides of the fly stick, and a longitudinally directed flexible flexibility to be bent into positions in which it lies flat it projects upwardly from the said'faoe of the fly stick to serveas a stop'tor the edge all of said arms. and said tongue being formed from an integralblan k of sheet metal. 1

A sheet carrier for attachment to a ,fly stick of a sheet delivery mechanism comprising, in combination, for engaging the fly stick and a flexible arm carried by the clip, adapted'byreason of its bent into positions in which it projects later-a ally from the clip in the plane of the frontface of the fly stick to'bridge the space at and in which it hugs the side of the stick respectively.

I ALEXANDER L. PENO. Witnesses:

CHARLES B. Gnmsoiw,

said arm being flexibility to be.

against the face of the fly stlck and in which v I v 5' an attaching clip E. M. KLATOHERY Copies of thispatent may be obtrued for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of ratents;

* Washington, D. C. 

